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==External links==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_and_North_Western_Railway
References replacing External Links; 1918 Admin Report Ref added etc
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The '''Bengal and North-Western Railway''' (B&NWR) was a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 157]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> The B&NWR eventually comprising a complicated network of lines on the left (north) bank of the Ganges between [[Katihar]] in the east and [[Lucknow]] in the west. The B&NWR was unusual in that it was one of the very few railways promoted and constructed without Government assistance other than the gift of land, the original contract being signed in 1882.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_and_North_Western_Railway Wikipedia "Bengal and North Western Railway"]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> On 1 January 1943, the Government of India nationalised the B&NWR and amalgamated it with the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] which subsequently, in 1952, became part of '''North Eastern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
===Bengal & North Western main line===
* Barabanki to Chhapra (Metre to Broad gauge) converted 1981
* Chhapra Kacheri to Dighwara (Metre to Broad gauge: 10 miles) converted autumn 2006
===Lines worked by B&NWR===
*[[Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway]], opened 1896; worked Jointly between B&NWR and [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]( R&KR) networks
*[[Darbhanga State Railway]], opened 1883-84 as Nirmali Branch of [[Tirhoot State Railway]](TSR); worked by B&NWR 1886-1890; then reverted to TSR
*[[Nirmali Branch Railway]], alternative name for[[Darbhanga State Railway]]
*[[Masharak-Thawe Extension Railway]], opened 1931, worked by B&NWR
*[[Patna-Baraich Railway]], constucted by B&NWR under arrangement with Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]); first phase opened 1884 and worked by B&NWR.
*[[Tirhoot State Railway]], opened 1874. Temporary famine relief line; worked by B&NWR 1886-1890; then independent
== History Further Reading== The B&NWR was unusual in that it was one of the very few railways promoted and constructed without Government assistance other than the gift of land# Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, the original contract being signed in 1882New Delhi: National Book Trust. On Chapter 1 January 1943, the Government of India nationalised the B&NWR and amalgamated it with the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] which subsequently, in 1952, became part of '''North Eastern Railway''', a zone - Evolution of Indian Railways.-Historical Background
==NotesReferences ==# Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust# Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background<references />
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